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THE 

GAME OF LAWN BOWLS 

AS PLAYED UNDER THE CODE OF RULES 

OF THB 

SCOTTISH BOWLING ASSOCIATION, 

OF GLASGOW, SCOTLAND, 

TOGETHER WITH A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE 

GAME, AS INTRODUCED IN AMERICA BY 

PRESIDENT SCHEPFLIN, OF THE I A WN 

BOWLS CLUB OF DUNELLEN, N.J. 

ADDED TO WHICH ARE THE 



/^ TEHNICAL TERMS USED IN THE GAME; as also 

Ir , /^ SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR NOVICES, with 

^ " GENERAL HINTS TO PLAYERS, Etc. 



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EDITED BY 

HENRY CHADWICK. 



PUBLISHED BY THE 

AMERICAN SPORTS PUBLISHING CO. 

241 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, 










ENTERED ACCORDING TO ACT OF CONRESS, IN THE YEAR 1805, BY 

The American Sports Publishing Co., 

IN THE )FFICE OF THE LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS, AT WASHINGTON, 



INTRODUCTION. 

The rapidity with which we Americans are rivaling our 
r>riti.sh friends in their love of national sports and pastimes, 
especially in tlie arena of sports which men and women of 
leisure, and of education and rehnement can take part, alike as 
participants as well as spectators, is remarkable. The fact is. 
we are just " rushing things " in our determined efforts to outdo 
the Britishers in their great specialty of field sports; and our 
success has been decidedly gratifying up to date. Moreover, 
everything in the line of sports, which we " Yanks " take up, 
we improve upon in one respect or another. About the first 
thing we do, in this direction, when we adopt a British game 
new to us, is to improve its playing code of rules through the 
medium of a "National Association." For more than a century 
past, English cricketers have submitted to the dictates of a 
single club— the iMarylebone Club— in the matter of its code of 
playing rules; while our American national game has, from its 
inception, been controlled by a National Association or a 
League. When we adopted the English game of tennis we 
very soon placed a National Association at the head of it; and 
even the case of the latest fashionable "fad" in field sports, the 
Scottish game of Golf, though only just adopted, as it were, is now 
subject in its rules to the control of the United States National 
Golf Association. The latest sport arrival from the British Isles 
is another old Scottish game, viz., the field form of the Scotch 
winter sport of Curling, the American name of which is " Lawn 
Bowling." to distinguish it from the game of bowling on the 
alleys, the latter of which is now in the midst of a regular 
furore, as the game of games for indoor winter exercise. 

We could fill pages with historical reminiscences of the olden 
time game of "Bowls on the Green," when the lower part of 
Broadway, near the Battery, was New York City's centre; one 
of its distinguishing sport features then being its Bowling 
Green, now a well remembered little park at the foot of Broad- 
way. Before the days of the Revolution, elderly New Yorkers 
of leisure delighted to spend their afternoons in the engage- 
ment of "Bowling on the Green." A Scotch writer, in describ- 
ing the merits of "Bowls," says: "No other game is more 
clearly associated with genial worth, or conduces in a greater 



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degree to sociality and good fellowship. It is not only a gentle 
and enlivening recreation, but, in strategy and general inter- 
est, it is unsurpassed by any other field game; and as it is only 
played in pleasant weather, in the open air, and on a green 
lawn, finer and more kindly to tread upon than the most costly 
carpet, it can be enjoyed by all, without regard to skill, age, 
grade, class, craft or condition ; thus novices as well as adepts; 
youth in their teens and veterans of three-score ; the Earl and 
his tenantry; the representative and his constituents; gentle and 
simple, all these meet and commingle in harmonious sport." 

Looking at the game of Bowls from an American, point of 
view, it may be truthfully said that there is no field game now 
in vogue more suitable for adults of sedentary habits who desire 
to derive healthful advantage from some outdoor recreation or 
other, than the old Scottish game of Lawn Bowls. It was the 
game of games with the English nobility centuries ago, and it 
was the royal field game in the time of King Charles. 

Bowls is a game which, while easy of acquirement, affords 
ample scope for the employment of considerable strategic skill 
in its playing; while for enjoyable excitement, alike for the 
spectator and the player, in a spirited contest between expert 
exemplars of the game, it is far ahead of the existing form of 
croquet. It is not a rival at all of Tennis, for nothing iii the 
way of rapid action or special activity of movement is required 
in Lawn Bowls as there is in Tennis. In fact, it may appro- 
priately be said to be the game of chess of field games, chance 
giving way to skill in the game to a greater extent than in 
any known field game of ball. Here we have an illustration of 
an ordinary field for Lawn Bowls, which plainly tells the initial 
story of its simple character; and yet it is a game which opens 
up a field for strategic skill and scientific play to a higli degree. 

Bowls is similar in its principle to the old Scotch game of 
curling, also to shuffleboard and to quoiting. In bowls the 
"Jack" is the centre of attraction for the bowler, as the "Tee" 
is to the curler, or the •' Hub " to the quoiter. The player aims 
to bowl his ball as near to the "jack" as it can safely lie, while 
the curler slides his curling stone as near as possible to the 
" tee " or centre of tlie circle; and the quoit player strives to 
ring the "hub" with his cpioit. It requires great muscular 
strength to engage in curling or quoiting, but in bowls strate- 
gic skill rather than mere strength, comes most in play. 

This ancient lawn game has, within the past few years, "caught 
on " in this country with fashionable society people, and espe- 
cially in New Jersey ; and during the summer season one of 
the most attractive resorts for enjoyi:ig this beautiful game is 



LAWN BOWLS. 5 

the lawn adjoining the handsome residence of Mr. Christian 
Schepflin, of Plainfield, N. J. The grounds in question are 
located in Dunellen, N. J., and are occupied by the members 
of the Dunellen Bowls Club. The game as played at Dunellen 
is governed by the elaborate code of rules of the Glasgow 
National Bowls Association, which code governs all Scotch 
Bowls clubs, but now that the game is on this side of the Atlantic 
to stay, it will not be long before it will be played under a code 
of modified rules under the auspices of a National Lawn Bowls 
Association, as curling and golf, the other two American- 
ized Scottish games, now are. In England, the code which 
governs most of the English clubs is shorter. But in reality, 
both codes are incomplete and unsatisfactory for the purpose of 
learning how to play the game from them, though the rules 
answer the purpose for veteran experts in the game. 

In a letter to the editor of this work, Mr. Christian Schepflin, 
of Plainfield, N. J., who may be justly termed the P'ather of the 
game in America, thus describes how he first became interested 
in Bowls, and how he transplanted the game from Glasgow to 
Dunellen, in New Jersey. He says: 

"When I was in Europe in 1878, a friend of mine, Captain 
Gladell, then Captain of the Steamer Celtic, of the White Star 
Line, invited me, as I had never seen a game played, to his 
club house, and said he was going to play a game of Bowling. 
That afternoon I was so taken up with the game, that I told 
Captain Gladell that as soon as I got back home I was going to 
lay out a green; he said our climate in America would not 
allow me to do it, but I said that it would be worth a trial. 

"Six months from the time I started my green 1 invited 
Captain Gladell and several other intimate friends, among 
whom were the late John W. Handren, Thomas Stone, the late 
James Longwell and D. B. S. Cockburn, to come and see my 
bowling ground. The green was in elegant condition, consider- 
ing the time it had taken me to get it levelled, the same as the 
one in Birkenhead. 

"A meeting was held a couple of weeks after that time; we 
held it on the green in 1879, and the club was called the Dun- 
ellen Bowling Green Club; President, Christian Schiefflin; 
Vice-President, James Stevens; Secretary, James Longwell. 
The members consisted of Thomas Stone, Major J. E. Haynes, 
of Newark, N. J.; Mr« IVicKnight, of Jersey City, N. J.; John 
Young, of New York ; D. S. B. Cockburn, of Jersey City; the 
late Colonel J. C. Ross, of Elizabeth, N. J.; James Moore, of 
Elizabeth, N. J.; Geo. D. Mackey, of New York; William 
Elliott, of New York ; John Booth, of New York ; the late A. 



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Dalrymple, of New York ; C\ K. Moore, of Elizabeth, N. J., 
and John Adams, of Brooklyn. 

"The club now began to grow very rapidly in its membership 
until we were compelled to limit it to thirty-five members, as it 
was on a private ground that the green was situated. 

"During the fall of 1SS5 some of the members of the Dunellen 
Bowling Green Club invited some of their New Brunswick 
friends to come over to M-ilness the game played, as they had 
never seen a game of Bowling played in this country before. 
After the game some of the members proposed that they should 
form into two clubs so as to contest a\ ith one another from 
time to time. Those selected wire: Benj. F. Howell, Surro- 
gate, New Brunswick, N. J.; R. C. Jolmson, Plainheld, N. J.; 
W, E. Linsteadt, New Brunswick, N. J.; Howard MacSherry, 
New Brunswick, N. J.; J. C. Evans, New Brunswick, N. J.; 
the late Geo. \V. DeVoe, New Brunswick, N. J.; L. A. and 
J. E. Powelson, New Brunswick, N. J.; W. S. Willis, New 
Brunswick, N. J. ; J. B. Belts, Somerville, N. J.; C. S. Hoff- 
man, SiMnerville, N. J,, and Fred Weigle, New Brunswick, 
N. J. These mend)ers formed the Middlesex Bowling Green 
Club. 

"At the opening game, in May, 1886, the club was organized 
under the name of the Middlesex Bowling Green Club, and was 
the second bowling club in the United Slates. 

"The Dunellen Bowling Green Club has existed for a number 
of years, using Mr. Schepflin's ground for tlie green, the only 
l)Ovvling green court in America, and Mr. Schepflin and the late 
Mr. Ilandren vvere members of these clubs from their organi- 
zation. 

"The late John W. Ilandren was elected President of the 
Middlesex Bowling Club; H. Brewster Willis, Vice-President; 
Howard MacSherry, Secretary, and Clarence M. Slack Treas- 
urer. A game was heartily enjoyed every other Saturday by 
this club during the season, and by the other club every other 
Thursday ever since its organization up to date. 

"In 1887, the Middlesex Bowling Club, through the kindness 
of the president, the late John W. Ilandren, had imported 
from Scolland some eighteen or twenty sets of balls, which 
proved very satisfactory. 

"At the conclusion of the last game of the first 
season, our worthy president presented a handsome silver cup 
to the club, known as the " Ilandren Cup," on condition that 
each year there should be a contest between the Middlesex 
Bowling Club and the Dunellen Bowling Green Club for the 
same. The Dunellen Bowling Green Club immediately chal- 



LAWN BOWLS. 7 

lenged the Middlesex Bowling Club, and designated a day in 
which to contest for the " Handren Cup," which was easily 
won by the Dunellen Bowling Green Club, and so every year, 
for three successive contests, the Dunellen Bowling Green Club 
has won the cup and is now the owner of it. "*- 

"On the same conditions, the late Mr. John Adams presented 
a very handsome cup to the Middlesex Bowling Club, which was 
played for the same way 'the "Handren Cup" was, and this 
was also won by the Dunellen Bowling Green Club. It would 
take too much space to mention the different presents which 
have been given to the clubs, and which have been played for 
every season. 

"Last year the Dunellen Bowling Green Club leased a ground 
of their own at Communipaw, N. J., which is very handsomely 
laid out. It was opened in 1894 by a challenge given to the 
Middlesex Bowling Club. The Middlesex Bowling Club still 
play their games at the Dunellen Green." 

There ought to be bowling games in both Central and Pros- 
pect Parks, for the game is bound to grow in public favor as its 
attractive features as a recreative field exercise for people of 
sedentary habits become better known. Any persons desirous 
of learning the game, or of organizing a club, will find Presi- 
dent Schepflin an able assistant in promoting their views in 
that direction. 



LAWN BOWLS. 



PLAYING THE GAME. 

The directions for playing the game are briefly as follows : 
A small ball, perfectly round, and called the "jack," is placed 
on the ground. Th<. bowlers — each using two balls which are 
numbered to distinguish them from each other — take up their 
positions at a certain distance from the "jack," and each in 
turn bowls toward it, he whose ball comes nearest counting one. 
When there are more than two players, sides are formed, the 
balls being played alternately, and the side on which one of 
whose balls comes nearest the " jack " counts one point. The 
number of points which must be made to win the game varies, 
but is generally fixed at twenty. When only two play they 
may stand side by side to deliver their balls ; when there are 
several on a side the usual plan is to bowl from opposite ends 
of the green, the jack being placed in the middle. 

The balls for bowling are not exactly spherical, but are flat- 
ened slightly at two ends, making the ball a spheroid, like the 
earth. If, after both sides have delivered their balls, two of 
one side are nearer than any balls of the other side, the side 
whose balls are nearest to the jack counts two ; if more balls 
are nearer than any of their opponents', they count a higher 
number in proportion. The art in bowling consists in knock- 
ing away the opponents' balls from their position near the jack, 
or in carrying off the jack itself from among the opponents' 
balls, and in bowling nearer than any other without disturbing 
ball or jack. In general, bowls are marked with a circular 
spot on one side, which is less rounded than the other ; and in 
bowling this side should be held inward. A circular motion, 
or bias, can thus be given to the ball. Great practice is re- 
quired before any player can excel at bowls. 

The regular game is played with hard lignumvitae balls, 
turned in such a manner as to make them diverge from a 
straight line when bowled on the green, and turn in toward the 
jack, or ball, which the bowler aims for. In fact, the regular 
game is quite a scientific sport, and presents a field for a great 
display of skill. The game as modernized for young players, 
differs from the regular game materially. The bowling green 
at Dunellen is a model field in its condition of being turfed, 



LAWN liOVVLS. 9 

rollectj and trimmed so as to admit of the playing of tlie finest 
points of the game. It is about seventy feet square, and is 
bounded by a bank on which there is a neat walk, as well as 
room for seats for the spectators of a contest. 

The Field of Play. 

The field of play — known as "The Green" — in Lawn 
Bowls, is called a "'Rink,'" this term also being applied to the 
sides in a match. The "Green " consists of a turf field, so 
levelled, rolled, cut and prepared, as to present as smooth a 
surface as that required for a perfect wicket in the game of 
cricket, or as that of a fully prepared green lawn for scientific 
croquet. The "Green" ranges from not less than thirty yards 
square in extent, to the dimensions of a field admitting of 
several rinks being laid out on the same lawn. Of course, for 
ordinary practice games, a green twenty yards by ten would 
suffice ; but for match games the larger field is required. The 
green of the Glasgow Club is 46^ yards by 44^^, and is sur- 
rounded by a ditch 16 inches in width and 5 inches in depth. 
The ditch is surrounded by a track 16 inches higher than the 
green. 

The Balls. 

The old term for the balls used in the game is the "bowl " 
or "bowls," but the ball or balls is the proper term. The ball 
is made of hardwood — generally lignumvitce. They are in 
form bothglobular and oval, for scientific play the latter are used. 

How to Play Lawn Bowls. 

It would be impossible for a novice in the game of Lawn 
Bowls to obtain any definite instructions from the code of rules 
of the game as contained in the printed rules which govern the 
Bowls Clubs of London. In fact, it would be difficult to write 
up a code more indefinitely worded or less explanatory of play 
in the game than the existing English code. 

A properly worded code of playing rules for any field game 
of ball should be so constructed as to give a novice a fair idea 
of how the game is played simply by reading the rules them- 
selves ; and the order in which the rules are placed should 
start by naming the implements of the game, and the dimen- 
sions of the field of play, together with the legal number of 
contestants in a match, etc. The National League rules of play 
in base ball present a model in this respect. 

The ball must not exceed 16/^ inches in circumference, 
though of any size less than those figures. 



lO J. AWN BOWLS. 

The "Jack" or object ball in the game — like the " Hub " 
in quoiting, or the "Tee" in curling — is an exception to the 
rule governing the players' balls; that is, it consists of a round 
ball, ranging from 6 to 9 inches in circumference, and is made 
of potter's clay, hardened and enameled. It is the ball aimed 
at by the players, and, being movable in play, is subject to fre- 
quent changes of position, thereby extending the field for stra- 
tegic skill in the game. A feature in the construction of the 
ball played with is, that it can be made round or oval in shape, 
at the option of the player; and the balls may vary in size, l3ut 
cannot exceed the legal 16% inches in circumference. The 
change from the round form to that of the oval is to enable the 
player to give the ball a bias so as to curve its line of direction 
to the jack; a potent factor in strategic play. 

The Starting Point of Play. 

The standpoint in the game, on which the player places his 
pivot foot — right or left, according as he is right or left handed 
— when about to roll the ball to the "jack," or to first put 
the "jack" in position; is defined by the ''Footer'^ or '■'Clotli' 
on which the player stands — a piece of carpet or canvas laid 
near the boundary line of the field. It is on this that the 
player must have one foot when in the act of rolling the ball to 
the field. When the cloth or "mat," as it is called, is once 
placed in position it cannot be moved, or if moved by accident 
must be at once replaced. 

The Contesting Sides in a Came. 

The competing sides in a game range from two to four play- 
ers, the whole party being called a " Rink," as the field of play 
is. Not less than two, of course, can play in a match game, 
though a single player can practice the game by constituting 
himself a double; while not more than eight players can take 
jDart in a match game. The old rule of play was three on 
a side, but four now form a complete Rink of players. 
The four players are classified as the "■Leader,'" the " Second'' 
player, the " Third'' player and the "■Skip," or Captain. 
Each contestant plavs two balls alternately, the privilege of 
playing first in the game being tossed for; tne number of balls 
being pl?yed with in a complete Rink being sixteen, exclusive 
of the "Jacks." 

The Skip or Captain. 

When the game begins the Skip takes up his position at a 
fixed point, and designates the "mark" the Jack is to be 



LAWN JJOWI.S. ' 11 

thrown by his Leader, and from that point to tlie close of the 
game the Skip has entire charge of his side in the contest, he 
pointing out to his second and third men how they are to play 
their balls and \\hat point they are to aim at. 

Constructing a Bowling Cr©en. 

The playing of a skilful, strategic game of Lawn Bowls is 
out of the question unless you have a perfect " green " to play 
on. About as near a perfect tield as can be had, is that of the 
Dunellen Club, of New Jersey; another is the green of the 
noted Glasgow Club. The dimensions of the latter are as fol- 
lows: There are, in fact, two greens used by the club, viz., one 
for matches and the other for practice. The former is 461/ 
yards in length and 44% yards in width, while the small prac- 
tice green is 40 yards in length but only 13% yards in width. 
The matching playing green is surrounded by a ditch 16 inches 
in width and 5 inches in depth, the bottom of the ditch being 
covered with thin strips of wood bound together for a flooring. 
Back of this ditch is a bank 16 inches higher than the surface 
of the green, which prevents the balls being driven beyond the 
ditch. A verge of 12 ir.ches covers this bank, and beyond this 
is a gravelled walk for promenading, having occasional seats 
for spectators, the whole surrounded by a high board fence. 
As regards the field itself it comprises a piece of nearly level 
and raked turf, A perfect green, of course, needs to be as 
level as a billiard table, but the field of the Glasgow Club undu- 
lates in its lines, giving unfair advantage to those familiar with 
its particulars, this being its only fault. 

The playing length of a green should not be less than 112 
feet square within the lines of the ditches. The turf should be 
well cut and raked frequently to ensure a smooth, carpet-like 
surface. 

Hints to Players. 

In conducting a match game with unskilled players, the weak- 
est player should be placed as the second man in the order of 
play. The "leader" should be a good player for "drawing," 
that is, one having good control of his ball in playing it. The 
third player should be somewhat of an expert, while the "Skip" 
requires to be one well posted in every point and rule of the 
game, especially as director of the play of the other three of the 
Rink. In a match in which all of the side are experts the most 
skilful of three of the four players should be the third man. 

The best preliminary practice in Lawn Bowls is to be ob- 
tained in single-handed games; one advantage being that each 



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Single player has to combine the work of Leader and Second 
and Third player, and that of Skip, thereby throwing him upon 
his own resources. 

Always be sure of the position of the played balls before you 
play your own. No haphazard play does in Lawn Bowls. 

Always obey the orders of your Skip in his directions as to 
how to play your ball. He is best situated to know how the 
balls lie around the Jack, and for this is he Skip. 

Get into the habit of being fully prepared to handle your 
ball with effect when you take your stand on the foot-cloth or 
mat. 

Get all the knowledge you can of the peculiarities of the 
green, its rising and falling ground, etc., before you play or your 
best bowled ball may be led astray unawares. 

Practice accurate distance play so as to hold control of the 
ball, so that it be not sent beyond the Jack. And be sure to 
practice the in-curve and out-curve in rolling the ball, so as to 
get round a guard. Also practice caroming from ball to the 
Jack as in billiards. 

The " throwing of the Jack" is a very important play and 
requires practice; as the Jack ball varies materially in weight 
and size from the playing ball. 

The "guarding," "drawing," "in wide " and "out wide" 
are plays similar to the same points in curling. In fact, a 
veteran curler will not be out of his latitude when he plays his 
first game of Lawn Bowls, for the game, to a considerable ex- 
tent, is curling oa the green instead of on the ice. 

The Came. 

POINTS OF PLAY. — THE SCORE. — TIE OR DRAWN GAMES. — 
THE ENDS, ETC. 

The main point of play in Lawn Bowls is, first, to roll the 
ball as near to the "Jack" as possible; and secondly, to protect 
that ball from being' driven from its counting position; and 
lastly, to add to the counting ball as many balls nearer to the 
" Jack " than any of those of your opponents as you can. In 
achieving these objects certain special points of play are in- 
volved, such as tlmse technically known as "drawing," "rak- 
ing," "riding," "guarding," "chucking" and "blocking." 

After rolling the ball as near to' the "Jack" as possible, the 
next point of' play is to "guard" or "block" it, that is to roll 
the next ball so that it may form an obstruction lo the attempt 
to drive the counting ball from its position close to the "Jack." 
The' " riding " of a ball is, rolling it with great force, and is 



LAWN BOWLS. 13 

only employed in critical emergencies, when no other play is at 
command. " Raking " the ball is rolling it with force enough 
to strike an opponent's ball out of its position, and to leave 
your own ball in its place. "Chucking" is striking a counting 
ball out of range and thereby adding to your own counting balls; 
or striking one of your own side's balls out of counting position 
into a counting place. "In and out wicking " is the act of 
caroming from one ball lying near the " Jack " so as to admit 
of your own balls lying nearer to the "Jack" than those of 
your opponent. An "in-wick" is a ball that curves in to the 
"Jack," like the " in-turn " in curling; and an "out-wick" is 
a curve from the opposite direction. This is the point of play 
made by the oval balls. 

The " score " of the game consists of the number of shots 
made, forming the total of shots agreed upon as the full record 
of the contest. As to the playing of any of these special points, 
the player is directed to play this, that or the other point by the 
hand of the Skip. When he wants the player to "draw" to 
any particular position, he indicates it by placing his hand out 
from the side he desires the ball to be rolled. When he tells his 
player that the ball previously rolled, lies favorably for a count, 
he holds his hands up to his shoulder; and when he wishes the 
player to know that their opponents hold the count, he holds 
his hand straight out from the shoulder. An " end " in a game 
is the completion of an inning on each side, and the playing of 
so many ends — mutually agreed upon — constitutes the comple- 
tion of a game. The side making the most shots in the stated 
number of ends winning the game. If the score is equal at the 
finish of the ends then it is a tie or drawn game. Ordinarily the 
scoring of nine points after even ends constitutes a game, while 
the scoring of twenty-one points marks a match game. The 
contest may either be decided by the number of shots or points 
made; by the number of points made in so many ends, or the 
number made within an hour or any other specified time. 

The Standpoint of Play. 

The starting point in a game is that portion of the green on 
which the "cloth "or " footer " is laid, the cloth consisting of 
a piece of thick carpet or canvas about a yard square, located 
near the boundary line of the green. After being properly 
placed at the start the cloth cannot be changed until the close 
of the end, and then only to be taken to the opposite stand- 
point to begin the next end. When the Leader has thrown the 
"Jack," or the next man played his ball, the next opposing 
player has the right to take his position on the cloth the moment 



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the first player removes his foot from it, even though the latter's 
ball be still rolling on the green. Playing a ball without hav- 
ing the foot on the cloth is a fault, and two such faults takes 
the ball out of play. Moreover, any player who has placed his 
foot on the cloth and then lets the ball fall from his hand, by 
accident or otherwise, and it rolls so far from the cloth that he 
cannot reach it while keeping his feet on the cloth, the ball 
must remain on the green as a played ball. Playing out of turn 
involves a second tlelivery by the same player. Playing an 
opponent's ball by mistake results in the next opponent's ball 
taking its place on the field. 

Lawn Bowls has an advantage over most field games of ball, 
to the extent that it requires no agility of movement to excel in 
it; accuracy of eye, steadiness of hand, coolness of head, com- 
mand of temper and good judgment being the essentials in this 
sport. A game like this, which may be enjoyed with ever 
increasing enthusiasm, from youth to old age, which costs little, 
which brings men together in amicable contests of skill, amid 
beautiful and healthful surroundings — such a game, we say, is 
a boon to mankind and should never be allowed to fall into 
desuetude. Any pastime that will allure a man out of his 
dingy den that he calls his "office" into the open air is one 
that should be encouraged by the friends of health and sobriety. 

One great attraction of Lawn Bowls is that the fair sex can 
participate in its pleasures and learn to become experts at it, 
just as they do in tennis or croquet, with this advantageous 
difference in the case of the comparison with tennis, and that 
is the exercise requires no vigorously active exertion to play 
it well. 

The Rules of Play. 

The codes of playing rules for the game of Lawn Bowls 
which govern Scotch Bowls Clubs differ from the rules under 
which the English Bowls Clubs play. We give below the code 
of rules adopted by the Scottish Bowling Association in 1893, 
no important changes having been made since then. This 
code, which in itself is faulty and open to needed amendments, 
is a model code compared to that governing the English clubs, 
known as the "Ayer's Rules;" or even the code published 
earlier in Glasgow in " Mitchell's Manual." 

The trouble is, that these different codes of playing rules of 
the game all fail in definitely describing the method of playing 
the game ; besides which they are not placed in proper consec- 
utive order, beginning with the description of the field of play, 
and followed by the number of contestants, the materials of the 



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game, how the points are scored, etc., etc. Moreover, the 
technical terms used in the game are not explained properly. 
In fact, no novice in the game could learn how to play it by 
reading the best code of its rules published on the other side of 
the Atlantic. In this respect the code of rules for Lawn Bowls 
require to be Americanized, and to be made plain and instruc- 
tive, as are the elaborate rules governing the American national 
game of base ball. 



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THE FIELD OF PLAY. 

RULE I. 

RINKS OR DIVISIONS OF THE GAME. 

Section I. The "green" shall be divided into spaces called 
"Rinks," about twenty feet in width, numbered consecutively; 
the centre of each Rink being marked on the bank at each end, 
by a pin or other device, and the four corners of the Rink by 
pins driven into the ditch. The side boundary of the Rink 
shall stretch from bank to bank. ( The li?nit as to the length of 
the Rink is not in the rule. ) 

Sec. 2. When a match is to be played, the numbers of the 
Rinks should be put into a bag, or other receptacle, and drawn 
for at the green by the skips or their representatives. 

Sec. 3. Ordinary games may be played, without having re- 
course to "drawing," on a Rink mutually agreed upon, (Note 
— To prevent disputes, in regard to the boundary lines of a 
Rink, it is recommended that the pins at the opposite ends of 
the Rink should be connected by a linen thread, drawn tight on 
the surface of the green ; and that, when practicable, the 
boundary pins of an outside Rink be placed at least two feet 
from the outside ditch.) 

RULE IL 

the bowls, their size and bias. 

Section 1. No bowl shall be played with which exceeds 163^ 
inches in circumference, or which has a less bias than the 
standard bowl adopted by the Association. (The term *'bowl" 
is a misnomer ; it should be " ball.") 

Sec. 2. A.ny bowl to which objection is taken shall be tested 
by comparison with a standard bowl bearing the Association's 
stamp. In the case of a match or competition, the test shall be 
applied at the distance of 32 yards, by two umpires appointed 
by the parties ; and if they do not agree they shall appoint a 
referee. If the bowl be declared of less bias than the standard, 
it shall not be used in a match. 



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RULE III. 

THE JACK OR OBJECT BALL. 

The "Jack" shall be about 2% inches in diameter. (The 
rule should designate circumference and diameter of the Jack 
and not leave the figures indefinite. Its composition should 
also be stated.) 

RULE IV. 

CONDITIONS OF THE GAME. 

Section I. A game may consist of any number of "shots" 
or "heads"— viz., innings— or may be played for any length of 
time, as previously agreed upon. (This is exceedingly indefi- 
nite. It should be self-explanatory, which it is not.) 

Section 2. When a match consists of more than one Rink on 
each side, the total score of the respective parties shall decide 
the contest. 

RULE V. 

THE RINK OR TEAM OF PLAYERS. 

Section i. A "Rink," or team of players shall consist of 
four players, each playing two bowls, and called respectively- 
according to the order in which they play— the leader, second 
player, third player, and ''skip'' or ''driver," Unless other- 
wise mutually agreed upon, it shall be determined by tossing 
or by playing a trial "head," which party is to play first, the 
winner of the toss or " head" to have the choice. In all 'sub- 
sequent heads the party which won the previous head shall play 
first. ^ 

The leaders play their two bowls alternately, and so on each 
pair of players in succession to the end. The order of playing 
shall not be changed after the first head has been played. No 
one shall play until his opponent's bowl has ceased to run ; a 
bowl so played may be s'^topped and sent back to be played over 
again. (This rule is very badly worded.) 

Sec. 2. A bowl played by mistake shall be replaced by the 
player's own bowl. 

Sec. 3. When a player has played before his turn, his oppo- 
nent may stop the bowl in its course, or allow it to remain 
where it has come to rest, or cause it to be played over again in 
Its proper order. If it has moved either "Jack" or bowls the 
opponents shall have the power to cause the "end" to be 
begun anew. 

Sec. 4. No player shall change his bowls during the game 
except with the consent of the opposing party. ' 



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Sec. 5. If less than three players appear on either side, the 
game — so far as that " Rink " is concerned — shall not proceed; 
and the Rink with which this occurs shall be held ar. having 
''failed to appear.'" In the absence of a single player from one 
or both sides, the number of bowls shall be made up by the 
party or parties playing odd bowls. These odd bowls shall be 
played by the first and second players. 

RULE VI. 

"skips" or "DRIVERS." 

Section 1. The "skips" shall have sole charge of their re- 
spective Rinks, and their instructions must be obeyed. (The 
technical term "Driver" should become obsolete. It is not 
applicable in any respect to the position of the "Skipper" or 
Captain.) 

Sec. 2. The " Skip" shall have the control of the play ; but 
he may delegate this duty at any time to a substitute, who is 
usually the third player. 

Sec. 3. As soon as a bowl is "greened" the director must 
return behind the "Jack." 

Sec. 4. The players not engaged in the game must stand 
''Jack high,'" or behind the mat line. (No definition of the 
term "Jack High" is given.) 

Sec. 5. The last player should remove the "mat" to the 
bank. 

Sec. 6. The two "Skips" shall be judges of all disputed 
points, and, when they agree, their decision shall be final ; if 
they cannot agree the point shall be decided by the Umpire, 
previously appointed, whom failing, by a neutral person pre 
viously chosen. 

RULE VII. 

THE CLOTH OR MAT. 

Section i. Each player, when playing, shall stand with at 
least one foot on the "mat." 

Sec. 2. The "mat" shall, at the first "head," — or innings 
— be placed by the leader of the party which is to play first, 
and in every subsequent "head" by the leader of the party 
which lost the previous "head ;" but it shall be in the option 
of the winner of any " head " to have the " mat " placed where 
the "Jack" lay, or at any point not less than two yards from 
the ditch, the mat, in any case being placed in the centre of 
the "Rink." In starting play, or when the "Jack" at the 
finish of a head lies in the ditch, or less than two yards from 



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it, the "mat" shall be placed forward to about that distance. 
The "mat" shall not be moved until the "head" is finished ; 
but, if moved by accident or inadvertently, it shall be replaced 
as near the original position as possible. It is recommended 
that the mat be 22 by 14 inches or thereby. 

RULE VIII. 

THROWING THE JACK. 

Section I. The leader of the party which is to play first 
shall throw the " Jack." 

Sec. 2. If the "Jack" run into the ditch at the first throw 
in a game, it shall be placed two yards from it. If it be thrown 
into the ditch at any subsequent head, the opposing party shall 
have the option of throwing it 'anew, but not of playing first. 
When thrown not less than two yards from the ditch, it should 
be moved out to that distance. 

Sec. 3. The "Jack" shall be thrown not less than 25 yards 
from the "mat," and if it run to one side it shall be moved 
across, and placed in a straight line between the pins number- 
ing the Rinks. If it be thrown less than 25 yards it shall be 
treated according to the rule applicable to the "Jack" being 
thrown into the ditch after the first head. (See Sec. 2 of this 
rule.) 

Sec. 4. If none of the foregoing rules have been transgressed, 
the "Jack" shall be played to wherever it has been thrown; 
or, if moved, it must be by mutual consent of the parties. 

Sec. 5. After having been played to, it shall not be touched 
or interfered with in any manner, otherwise than by the effects 
of the play, until the result of the "head" has been determined. 

RULE IX. 

MOVEMENT OF THE JACK AND OF BOWLS. 

Seciion I. If the "Jack" be driven into the ditch, within 
the limits of the Rink, its place shall be accurately marked ; 
but it shall not be moved except by a "toucher" (viz., a ball 
which touches the "Jack"), as explained in Rule 12. Should 
it be driven beyond the limits of the Rink, that is to say, over 
the bank, or past the side boundary of the Rink by a bowl in 
play, it skail be counted dead; but if by a bowl out of play, it 
shall be restored to its place. 

Sec 2. The foregoing rule as to the bowl being counted 
dead when driven beyond the limit of the Rink shall like- 
wise apply to bowls whether they be " touchers " or not; but 



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neither "Jack" nor bowl shall be counted as (/ead unless it be 
wholly outside the boundary. 

Sei;. 3. A bowl, when dead, must at once be removed to the 
bank. Whenever the " Jack" is dead the /lead — or innings — 
must, of necessity, be played over again ; and it shall in no 
case be counted as a played "head," not even though all the 
balls have been played. 

Sec. 4. When the "Jack" is driven to the side of the Rink, 
but not beyond its limits, it may be played to on either hand ; 
but any bowl played to it which, when it has " come to re£,t," 
lies wholly outside the Rink, shall be counted dead. 

RULE X. 

JACK OR BOWL REBOUNDING. 

Section I. Should the "Jack" run against the bank and re- 
bound on to the Rink, it shall be played to in the same manner 
as if it had never been moved. But a bowl similarly rebound- 
ing, shall, unless it be a ^^toucher,'" be counted dead. 

RULE XL 

JACK OR BOWL BURNED. 

Section i. The term "burned" is applied to a "Jack" or 
bowl which has been interfered with or displaced otherwise 
than by a bowl in play. 

SPECIAL RULES. 

JACK BURNED WHILE IN MOTION. 

Section i. When a "Jack," while in motion, is "burned" 
by one of the players, the opposing party shall have the option 
of letting it lie where it stops, and of playing the " head" out, 
or of beginning the " head " anew. If it be " burned " by a 
neutral person, or by a bowl not in play, the parties shall come 
to an agreement as to its position, or otherwise the "head" 
shall be begun anew. 

A jack burned while at rest. 

Section i. When a "Jack," while at rest, is "burned" by 
one of the players, the opposite party may replace it in its 
original position, or allow it to remain as moved. If it be 
"burned" by a neutral person, or by a bowl not in play, the 
parties shall come to an agreement as to its position, otherwise 
the " head " shall be begun anew. 



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A BOWL BLRxXED WHILE IN MOTION 

Section i. When ^ bowl, during its original course, and 
before it has passed the "Jack," is «' burned." by the party to 
whom it belongs, it shall be counted dead. If it be "burned" 
by an opponent, the player's party may claim either to have it 
played over again or to let it lie where it rests, or to have the 
"head" begun anew. If it be "burned" by a neutral person 
it shall be played over again. 

Sec. 2. When a bowl which, in its original course, has 
passed the "Jack" and, being still in motion, is "burned "by 
the player's own party, it shall be counted dead, whether it has 
touched the "Jack" or not. If it is similarly " burned "by 
an opponent or a neutral person, the player's party may decide 
to let it lie where it comes to rest, or to have the "head" 
begun anew. 

Sec. 3. When a bowl, which had come to rest, is afterwards 
set in motion by a bowl in play, and while still moving is 
' burned" by the party to whom it belongs, it shall be counted 
dead. If it be similarly burned by an opponent, the party to 
whom it belongs may choose to let it lie where it comes to rest, 
or place it where they think it would probably have rested had 
it not been interfered with. If it be "burned" by a 
neutral person, it may be allowed to lie, or be placed to the 
mutual sutisfaction of the opposing parties ; but where agree- 
ment cannot be attained, the "head" shall be played over again. 

A BOWL BURNED WHILE AT REST. 

Section I. W^hen a bowl, while at rest, is "burned" by 
either partv, it may he replaced by the opposite party, or be 
allowed to remain where i lies. If similarly "burned" by a 
neutral person, or by a bowl not in play, it should be replaced 
as near its original position as possible. 

RULE XII. 

touchers. 

Section I. A bow^l which touches the "Jack" during its 
original course on the green is called a "toucher," and it 
counts in the game wherever it rests, if on the Rink; but should 
a bowl, after it has ceased running, fall over and touch the 
"Jack" after another bowd has been delivered, it is not to be 
counted a "toucher." 

Sec. 2. If a "toucher" run into the ditch when played, or 
be driven into the ditch during the course of the subsequent 



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play, the place where it rests shall be marked, and it shall be 
allowed to remain in its place. 

Sec. 3. A " toucher " must be distinguished by a chalk or 
other distinct mark ; and unless it be so marked before the 
second succeeding bowl is delivered, it is not to be counted a 
"toucher." If the mark be not removed from the bowl before 
it is played in the succeeding " head," it may be regarded as a 
"burned" bowl and be removed to the bank. 

Sec. 4. If a bowl be moved outwards from the " Jack" while 
being marked, it must remain as it is ; but if moved towards the 
"Jack," it must be restored to its original position. 

Sec. 5. "Touchers" may act on the "Jack" or on "touch- 
ers" in the ditch. 

RULE XIII. 

DITCHERS. 

Section i. A bowl which does not touch the " Jack" in its 
original course on the green, and which runs against the bank 
and into the ditch, or is driven into the ditch by the efforts of 
the play, is called a " ditcher," and it must be immediately re- 
moved to the bank. 

RULE XIV. 

POSSESSION OF THE RINK. 

Section i. As soon as each bowl stops running,»the posses- 
sion of the Rink is transferred to the opposite party, time being 
allowed for marking a " toucher." 

Sec. 2. The party in possession of the Rink for the time 
being must not be distui-bed or annoyed by their opponents. 

RULE XV. 

result OF A HEAD. 

Section 1. When the last bowl in a "head" stops running, 
half a minute shall elapse — if either party so require — before 
the shots are counted. 

Sec. 2. Neither "Jack" nor bowls shall be touched until 
both parties are agreed as to the shots. 

Sec. 3. If a bowl, requiring to be measured, is resting on 
another bowl which prevents its measurement, the best means 
available shall be to secure it in its position, whereupon the 
other bowl shall be removed. The same course shall be fol- 
lowed when more than two bowls are involved. 

Sec. 4. No measuring shall be allowed until the "head" 
has been played to a finish. 



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• Sec. 5. When, at the conclusion of a "head," a tie for the 
first shot occurs, it shall, in a game of "ends," be counted a 
played "head." 

Sec. 6. The duty of keeping the score, and of announcing 
the state of the game at the end of each " head," should be as- 
signed to the second player. 

RULE XVI. 

OBJECTS ON THE GREEN. 

Section i. Under no circumstances is any object — other 
than the " Jacks " and bowls — to be laid on the green, or on a 
bowl, or on the "Jack;" but an object may be displayed in 
the hand of the Skip for the guidance of a player. 

RULE XVII 

ONLOOKERS. 

Section i. Persons not engaged in the game must confine 
themselves to the banks, and observe a strict neutrality, 

(The Scottish Bowling Association at their meeting on April 
24, 1893, at Glasgow, under the Presidency of Dr. Clark, re- 
vised the playing rules of the game as above published. No 
less than 174 Bowling Clubs were represented. Messrs. R. G. 
Laurie and T. Taylor — bowl makers of Glasgow — were ap- 
pointed makers of the standard bowls of the Association. 
Previous to this meeting it was optional with clubs to use round 
or bias balls. But the former were ruled out of play at the 
meeting in question, and none others can be used by the Asso- 
ciation clubs.) 

Playing Point Games. 

The game consists of thirty shots, viz., ten at "Guarding," 
ten at "Driving" and ten at "Drawing;" five of which must 
be played from the back and five from the forehand, the highest 
possible score being ninety points. "Guarding" is played 
first, "Driving" next and "Drawing" last. 

An umpire or marker should be appointed to take charge of 
each Rink; and it is the duty of the marker to declare the value 
of the shot the moment the bowl comes to rest, and then to 
enter the game in a book specially ruled for the purpose. He 
shall also inform the player wh^^n the first five shots have been 
played so that he may change his hand, and when the end is 
finished declare the result. 

No interference with the markers can be allowed, and any 
disf I'te, as to the value of a shot, must be referred to the 
"Oversmrn " (or Referee), appointed before play begins. 



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When play is finished the markers shall hand in their books 
to the secretary, who shall enter up each score in a book 
marked "Totals," and then declare the result in the presence 
of the players. Tees may be decided by playing two shots 
over each Rink. 

Scoring. 

Guarding — Should a bowl come to rest anywhere between the 
two Jacks, and lie within eighteen inches of the centre thread — 
or to touch the outside thread, on the hand from which the 
ball was played it scores one point; should it rest within twelve 
inches of the centre thread — or touch the second thread, it 
scores two points; should it rest within six inches of the centre, 
or touch the third line of thread, or be on the centre thread, 
it counts three points; but should more than half the bowl be 
over tho centre thread the shot is lost. No bowl must touch 
either of the jacks, 

Dfiving — Should a bowl pass the "guard" in front, and 
remove the bowl placed behind the "jack," on the hand from 
which the shot was played, it counts one point; should it pass 
within the bowl and "Jack" without touching any "bowl, it 
counts two; if it carry the "Jack" behind the bowls placed on 
either side of it, it scores three; but both the bowl played and 
the Jack must be carried right through. For instance, should 
the bowkremove the "Jack," but fail to carry it behind the 
bowls, the shot only counts two, as if it had passed without 
touching the Jack at all. 

Draiving — Should the bowl pass the diamond without touch- 
ing any of the bowls and rest within three feet of the Jack, it 
scores one point; within two foot it scores two, and within one 
foot, three points; but in every instance the bowl must pass 
clear outside of the diamond. Should the Jack be removed 
it must must be replaced before measuring. 

The Boys* Came. 

An interesting game of bowls for boys or girls may be en- 
joyed in a simple fashion by staking out a piece of turfy field 
fifty feet in length by twenty-five feet in width, on which lay 
out the field of play as follows; 

Place a small quoit at each end of the line, and with one foot 
back of the line of the quoit, bowl your ball to the opposite 
quoit. After all the balls — two or four on each side — have been 
bowled, the ball nearest the quoit counts one, and if lies on the 
centre of the quoit it counts two. Eleven points scored suffices 
for a short game and twenty-one points for a full game. The 
balls are played alternately. Suppose the first player rolls his 



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ball directly up to the quoit, the point of play of the second 
player is to roll his ball so as to knock that of his adversary 
away from the quoit and leaves his own ball lying in its place. 

Technical Terms in Lawn Bowls. 

A "J^in^" — This term is applicable not only to the space 
marked out on the field of play as the " Green," but also to the 
quartette of contesting players on each side. The width of a 
Rink ordinarily is 20 feet, and its length exceeds the limit of 
the legal throw of the "Jack," about twenty yards. 

T/ie "Jack" — The "Jack" is the object ball in the game, 
answering the purpose of the " Hub " in Quoits and the "Tee" 
in curling. It consists of a round ball, ranging from 6 to 9 
inches in circumference and not less than 2)4 inches in diam- 
eter. It is made of potter's clay, hardened and enameled. 

The ''Cloth'' — The "cloth" or "mat" forms the standpoint 
of the player when about to deliver the ball to the field, and on 
which the player must have one foot when the ball leaves his 
hand. 

The ''Bowls" — The "bowls" are the balls used in play, and 
they number eight in a full Rink, exclusive of the "Jack" 
used on each side ; the total number of balls on each side used 
in a full game being eight, making a total of sixteen balls and 
two " Jacks." 

The " Skip'' — The Captain of the team is called the "Skip" 
or "Driver," and he plays last in order. 

The "Leader" — The first player in the game is the "leader;" 
he is followed by the "second" and "third" players and the 
" Skip." 

The "Bias" — This is a term applicable to the formation of 
balls which are made not strictly round, but more or less oval ; 
the bias given the ball by its peculiar form being intended to 
curve it in its direction to the right or left, 

A "Jack Burned" — This is the technical term applied to a 
ball which has been interfered with or displaced by anything 
except by a ball in play, 

^'Throzving the Jack" — No ball in Tawn Bowls is, strictly 
speaking, " thrown," but only bowled or rolled along the field 
or " Green." 

The "Green" — This is the term used to describe the field of 
play, on which either one or more Rinks are laid out. 

The "Ditch" — This is the gutter or ditch which marks the 
boundary of the "Green." 

A " Z>z7c//^r"^A ball which rolls off the field of play into 
the surrounding ditch is known as a "ditcher." 



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A "■Toucher'" — A bowled ball which touches the "Jack" is 
known as a " toucher." If the bowled ball drives a resting ball 
so that it touches the ' 'Jack, " such ball also becomes a ' 'toucher." 

To '•■Rest'' — A bowled ball when it stops rolling is said to 
"rest." 

The '■'End'' or "Head'' — The innings of a game — that is, 
after the quartette of players finish playing on each side — is 
called an " End " or " Head." 

Fore and Back Hand — For all right-handed players the 
"fore "hand is on the right of the player, and the "back" 
hand is on the left. 

The "Footer" — This is an old term usea to indicate the 
square of "cloth" or "mat" on which each player places his 
pivot foot in delivering the ball to the "Jack." 

"Guarding" — After the "Jack" has been thrown by the 
Leader, and the second player has rolled his ball to the "Jack," 
it is the point of play to guard the rested ball near the "Jack" 
by rolling his own ball in front of it as a protection from its 
being driven out of its favorable position by the ball from an 
adversary. 

" Dra7ving" — To "draw " a ball is to roll it to the mark the 
Skip desires it to lie. 

"Blocking" — To "block" a ball is for a player to roll the 
ball so that it may lie as an obstacle to the played ball of his 
succeeding opponent. 

To " Rub" or " Set" — The terms "rub" and "set" are 
applicable to a ball which caroms off a played ball, and rests 
nearer the "Jack" after caroming. 

" Scoring a Shot" — A "point" or " shot" is to be credited 
to each player whose ball rests nearer the "Jack" than any of 
the balls of the opposite side. 

The " Oversman" — This is the title of a referee called in io 
settle a disputed point in which the umpires fail to agree. 

A " Greened" Ball — A "greened" ball is a ball that has been 
rolled to a resting place. 

"Jack High" — This is a position which outsiders at a match 
must occupy; that is, they must stand back of the line of the 
"mat," "cloth," or standpoint of the player who delivers the 
ball. 

The "Mat" — This is the " cloth" on which the player places 
his foot when he first plays the ball. It is another term used 
to designate the "cloth" or "footer." Its size is twenty-two 
by fourteen inches. 

" Dead Balls" — A ball is regarded as dead the moment it 
ceases to roll on the field. Also if it be rolled beyond the limit 
of the Rinks, 



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An *^ Innings" — An innings consists of the playing of two 
"balls — after the "Jacks" have been played — by each o'i the 
contestants of each side. The term "head" or "sub" is 
used in place of the word "innings " by old players. 

'-•■ Running" — A rolling ball is called a " running " ball. 

''Shots" — A "shot" is the point made by the ball which 
lies nearest the "Jack" at the close of the "head" or 
"innings." 

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